You know your neighborhood best. And you have the ideas to improve it. Citizens Committee can help. We award micro-grants to resident-led groups in low-income neighborhoods to carry out community improvement projects.
From East Tremont in the Bronx to West Brighton on Staten Island, the groups we support are carrying out projects as varied as community gardening, theater and fine arts, nutrition awareness, composting, beautification, tenant organizing, youth education, physical fitness, public safety, and more!
We do not award grants to individuals, agencies with paid staff, religious, fraternal, or partisan organizations. Review our grant guidelines.
Have a great idea for a community improvement project? Apply for our Community Grants! Deadline: January 31, 2013.
Citizens Committee awards grants of $500 to $3,000 to resident-led community groups in primarily low-income neighborhoods to work on a wide variety of community improvement projects. We also support Title I public school-based extra-curricular initiatives. Our 2013 application is now available. Deadline: January 31, 2013.
Citizens Committee, in partnership with the City of New York, awards grants of $1000 to volunteer-led community groups seeking to beautify their neighborhoods. Selected groups also benefit from receiving special services from the Departments of Transportation, Sanitation, and Parks & Recreation. The deadline to apply for 2013 has passed. Please check back in the fall of 2013 for the next grant cycle.
In 2011, Citizens Committee, in partnership with the City of New York, awards grants to volunteer-led community groups to work on neighborhood improvement projects focused on the environment. The deadline to apply for 2012 has passed. Please check back in the spring of 2013 for the next grant cycle.
In partnership with the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) and Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, Citizens Commitee invites you to apply for grants to start, expand and grow composting programs in Manhattan. The deadline to apply for 2012 has passed. Please check back in the spring of 2013 for the next grant cycle.